Sacha Guitry

In 1931, the government of France awarded him the Legion of Honor. After his passing, a street was named in his honor in the city of Nice, France and Radio France named a studio for him. Fluent in the French language, he maintains a home outside Paris, France where he lives with actress Sandrine Bonnaire with whom he has a daughter. Sacha Guitry is interred with his fifth wife in the Cimetière de Montmartre, in the Parisian suburb of Montmartre. He has also appeared in Eyewitness, Body Heat, The Big Chill, Kiss of the Spider Woman (winning the Academy Award for Best Actor), Children of a Lesser God (Oscar nomination), Broadcast News (another Oscar nomination), Gorky Park, The Accidental Tourist, I Love You to Death and Alice. Of the 30 films he directed, some of his most recognized are "The Story of a Cheat" (1937), "Pearls of the Crown" (1938), and " Royal Affair in Versailles" in 1953. He appeared on stage, then debuted in films in the starring role in Altered States. He went on to be recognized as one of the truly innovative directors, sometimes compared to Orson Welles because of his techniques. He studied theology when young, but turned to acting after attending the Juilliard School.

In addition to his plays, Sacha Guitry wrote and acted in many early films and in 1935 directed for the first time. Born in Washington, DC, he is the stepson of Henry Luce, the founder of Time Magazine. Together they performed in a number of his plays bringing the extremely popular 1925 production of "Mozart" to cities in North America, including New York City, Montreal, Quebec and Boston, Massachusetts. William Hurt (born March 20, 1950) is an American actor. A prominent member of Parisian society, in 1919 Guitry married singing star Yvonne Printemps. In 1918 his theatrical production premiered in Paris to critical acclaim. Guitry's dramas include "Nono" (1905), "Deburan" (1918) and "Jean de la Fontaine" in 1922.

An intellect and a prolific writer with a sharp wit, by the age of 17 Guitry had already written the first of his 120 plays. As a five year old, he appeared on stage with his father. It was during this time in Russia that Alexandre-Pierre Georges Guitry was born and eventually nicknamed Sacha. Petersburg, before returning to France.

He was the son of Lucien Germain Guitry (1860–1925), a major Parisian stage actor who spent nine years at the Michel Theater, in St. Petersburg, Russia – died July 24, 1957 in Paris, France, was a film actor, director and screenwriter and playwright. Sacha Guitry, born February 21, 1885 in St.